Work-Related Stress: Summary and Recent Developments

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What are the 6 criteria for workplace hardship?

As a reminder, any employee exposed to occupational risk factors—such as working in hyperbaric environments, extreme temperatures, workplace noise, night work, rotating shift work, and repetitive work—beyond the regulatory thresholds established for such activities is eligible to open an Occupational Prevention Account (C2P), in which they can accumulate points that can be used to fund:

training hours, with a view to moving into positions that are less physically demanding or not physically demanding at all;
part-time work without loss of pay ;
quarters of additional pension insurance to enable early retirement;
a professional retraining project.

As part of the pension reform, Decree No. 2023-760 of August 10, 2023, lowers the thresholds associated with occupational risk factors for certain work schedules.

What's the latest news on the issue of arduous working conditions?

As a result, the thresholds associated with the following occupational risk factors have been modified:

the threshold of 120 nights per year is reduced to 100 nights per year for the "night work" occupational risk factor;
the threshold of 50 nights a year is reduced to 30 nights a year for the "alternating shifts" factor.

In summary, as of September^1, 2023, the criteria and thresholds for obtaining points under the C2P account are as follows:

Occupational risk factors	THRESHOLD: Action or situation	THRESHOLD: Minimum intensity	THRESHOLD: Minimum duration
Hyperbaric Activities	Interventions or work	1,200 hectopascals	60 jobs per year
Extreme temperatures	Temperature of 5°C or lower, or 30°C or higher	Not specified	900 hours per year
Noise (Criterion 1: Continuous)	Exposure level averaged over an 8-hour period	At least 81 decibels (A)	600 hours per year
Noise (Criterion 2: Peak)	Exposure to a peak sound pressure level	At least 135 decibels (dB)	120 times a year
Night work	One hour's work between midnight and 5 a.m.	Not specified	100 nights a year
Shift work	Involving at least one hour of work between midnight and 5 a.m.	Not specified	30 nights a year
Repetitive work (short cycles)	Repetitive movements involving the upper limbs, performed at a fixed pace	Cycle time of 30 seconds or less: 15 or more technical actions	900 hours per year
Repetitive work (High-paced)	Repetitive movements involving the upper limbs, performed at a fixed pace	Cycle time greater than 30 seconds, variable, or absent: 30 or more actions per minute	900 hours per year

The procedures for reporting exposure to occupational risk factor(s) remain unchanged:

For employees with a contract of employment still in force at the end of the calendar year: the employer must declare the occupational risk factor(s) to which they have been exposed above the thresholds during the past calendar year, by the December payroll at the latest.
For employees with a contract of employment lasting 1 month or more and ending during the calendar year: The employer must declare the occupational risk factor(s) to which they have been exposed no later than the payroll run for the end of this contract of employment.

How does arduous work affect retirement benefits?

For employees exposed to levels exceeding regulatory thresholds, the Professional Prevention Account (C2P) serves as the primary tool for planning for the end of their careers and mitigating the health effects of arduous working conditions.

Exposure to one or more risk factors results in the employee accumulating points according to a strict scale, which is managed automatically following your annual report:

Exposure to 1 risk factor: 4 points per full year of exposure
Multiple exposure (multiple factors): 8 points per full year of exposure

The account is capped at a maximum of 100 points over the employee's entire career.